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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject: Heating tips thread |
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Now that the temperature is falling, please share your tips on keeping warm without turning up the ondol. I figure we're going to pay more on gas bills because of the weakening won despite the fall in oil prices worldwide.
I have an electric fan heater but it uses up a lot of electricity. |
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ciccone_youth
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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i wear wool socks, leg warmers, jogging pants, thermal shirts, hoodies, and sit under a blanket with a cup of hot chocolate.
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| What's the review on those electric bed mats? They cost a lot to run? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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I once lived in an apartment in Junggye-dong, Nowon-gu, that only needed the ondol for the couple of coldest weeks in January.
The reason? I kept the windows closed tight and put 3M insulating strip around the door. The ambient heat from my neighbors on either side and from below and above seemed to be enough most of the winter.
Want to save on gas? Insulate. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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| I put a 3m window insulating kit up in my bedroom. Huge difference. Koreans don't like them, because they like to run the heat with the windows open. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
| Koreans don't like them, because they like to run the heat with the windows open. |
Yup... just like the aircon.  All those won flying out the window!  |
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BS.Dos.
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Spend all your time at your friends apartments and switch their heating on when they go to the toilet. |
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teachergirltoo
Joined: 28 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| I bought an electric bed mat - the type that is thin thin plastic and lays on the floor under my sleeping roll. It is wonderful. Cost $40. Now I don't have to turn on the ondol during the night. The room can be icy cold but with the electric mat underneath it is cozy and warm all night. I ran it for a month straight 24/7 recently when I wasn't feeling well and it only cost $20. There are several heat settings on it but I find the lowest one keeps it really warm and seems to radiate heat into the rest of the room also. |
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chevro1et
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Location: Busan, ROK
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:13 am Post subject: |
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| Fire up the gas burners on the stove and use your summertime fan to circulate the heat... 5 mins max, toasty warm. |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:29 am Post subject: |
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| chevro1et wrote: |
| Fire up the gas burners on the stove and use your summertime fan to circulate the heat... 5 mins max, toasty warm. |
Protip: DO NOT DO THIS DRUNK.
Here's my tip. Cook something! Oh, man, my birthday was last week and my Han friends wanted to know what to get me... I told them FOOD!!! In my fridge I have kimchi from two restaurants and one of my co-teachers, who also gave me some of her mother's dwenjang and gochujang. In the pot right now I started with some dwenjang chiggae, added beer, potatoes, and ground pork. You think you've had dwenjang because you bought it in a store? Think again, the real stuff, you'll add like maybe a teaspoon to four quarts of soup and it's still strong!
Man, I'm eating well. I can't wait to try some of the winter foods here. It's nippy outside when I go for a smoke on the veranda, but I'm at a comfy, toasty 25. I'll have some soju and eat my stew and watch CNN! |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:42 am Post subject: |
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| chevro1et wrote: |
| Fire up the gas burners on the stove and use your summertime fan to circulate the heat... 5 mins max, toasty warm. |
That's exactly my 1st idea too. Smart man.
I did this last night as it was chilly and I got comfy just like it was Summer. You can heat a large place with a burner range and the gas is quite cheap as long as you turn it off before bed or work. Of course, I gotta figure out how to get my ondol going so I don't freeze pipes when it gets too cold. |
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dharma bum
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
| I put a 3m window insulating kit up in my bedroom. Huge difference. Koreans don't like them, because they like to run the heat with the windows open. |
Are these kits pretty readily available in big Korean supermarkets? Or do you have to go to a specialty store for them?
I've been planning to do something to keep the cold air out, and the kit sounds like exactly what I need.
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| dharma bum wrote: |
| bassexpander wrote: |
| I put a 3m window insulating kit up in my bedroom. Huge difference. Koreans don't like them, because they like to run the heat with the windows open. |
Are these kits pretty readily available in big Korean supermarkets? Or do you have to go to a specialty store for them?
I've been planning to do something to keep the old air out, and the kit sounds like exactly what I need. |
We've got this small/medium sized general store in our area that has 'em. They usually put them out on display about this time of year. They haven't put them out yet, but they had some in the back when I asked. I imagine they'll be going on display soon. |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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Purchase a hot water bottle for about $5. Fill it with hot boiling water and put it in your bed. If it's too hot, just add a little cool water to it. Really toasty warm!
We turned the ondol heat on for the first time for about 1 hour, yesterday morning. |
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esetters21
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
I once lived in an apartment in Junggye-dong, Nowon-gu, that only needed the ondol for the couple of coldest weeks in January.
The reason? I kept the windows closed tight and put 3M insulating strip around the door. The ambient heat from my neighbors on either side and from below and above seemed to be enough most of the winter.
Want to save on gas? Insulate. |
I did the same at my apartment in Apgujeong the last couple of years. I think maybe I turned on the ondol 5 times last year.  |
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